Tie and rail-fastener.



' J.KRYNOGK.

TIE AND RAIL FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.6,191&

029 37 Patented June 11, 1912.

ATTORNEYS zen of the United 'ing at Duquesne,

' provide rail fasteners that can be easily and or confronting ends of rails upon a tie, and

to accomplish the vide simple and wherein .cordance with this of the same,

to provide a seat 5 for the nnrrnn srarns riirn nr orricn.

JoHn KRYNOCK,

OF DUQUESN E, PENNSYLYANIA.

TIE AND RAIL-FASTENER.

M Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 6, 1912. Serial No.

Patented June 11, 1912. 681,888.

rails .7, having the ends thereof abutting upon said chair. The rail seat 5 is provided with. vertical openings 8 having the upper ends thereof enlarged to provide recesses 9. Extending through the openings 8 into the recesses 9 are the upper screw threaded ends To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1; JOHN KRYNooK, a citi- States of America, residin the'county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ties and Rail-Fasteners, of which the folv of vertical parallel bolts 10 having the*lo\ver lowing is a specification, reference being had ends thereof connected by a plate ll that is therein to the accompanying drawing. embedded within the concrete body 1. The

Thi i v tio l t t ti a d rail plate 11 is arranged transversely of the con fasteners, andthe objects of my invention Cretebody and screwed upon the upper ends are to provide a concrete or composite tie of the bolts 10 are nuts l2 that retain the that can beused in lieu of wooden or metalchair 4; upon the Seat 3 PIOVldd therefor lic ties, and to furnish a tie of the above type in the end of the concrete body 1. g with novel rail chairs for firmly supporting The chair 4, at the sides of the seat-5, is rails or the confronting e ds of rail provided with slots 13, having the lower ends ()ther objects of my invention are to pro-' thereof enlarged by recessing-the outer wallseffective Inea'ns'for anchor of the slots 13, as at l t thereby providing ing rail chairs upon the surface of a concrete overhanging lips 15. h or composite t-ie, and to provide splice bars Bracing the sides of the rails 7 are splice that can be easily and quickly placed in eni g the lateral fie g 1s gagement with the rail chairs for support provided with angle edges 18 that extend ing and maintaining the alinement of mils under the hpsl5, as at 19. After the splice mounted upon'the chair. bars 16 have been placed mposition, they Further objects of my invention ar t are connected to the rails 7 by transverse bolts 20 and nuts 21. I i

- The lips 15 of the rail chair prevent ve'r-. ti'cal displacement of the splice bars 16 and lateral displacement is prevented, by the bolts 20 and the nuts 21. a What Iclaim is:' p

In a tie and rail fastener, the combination with rails, anda concrete tie provided with transverse recesses, of a chair mounted in each recess and providedwith a seat for the confronting ends of said rails, a plate embedded in said tie, parallel bolts carried thereby and extending into said chair, nuts screwed upon said bolts beneath the ends of said rails for retaining said chair in engagement with said tie, said plate having slots formed therein with the outer walls of said slotsrecessed to provide. overhanging lips, and s'plice'bars connected to and bracing. the sides of said rails, said splice bars oo having the lateral flanges thereof provided 1 with angle edges extending into the slots of said chair and engaging under said lips.

quickly installed for retaining the abutting above results by a mechanical construction that is highly efiicient in connection with steam and electric railways. With the above and otherobjects in view, the invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed.

Reference will now be had to the drawing,

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional-view of a portion of a tie and rail fastener in acinvention, Fig. 2 is a plan Fig. 3is a plan of a detached chair, and Fig.4 is a perspective view of a detached anchoring device. i

A tie in accordance with this invention comprises an oblong concrete body 1 having the same dimensions as an ordinary wooden tie, said body having longitudinal metallic reinforcements 2 in the form'of rods oribars In testimony whereof Iafiix my signature that extend from one. end of the tie to the 1n the presence of two witnesses. opposite end thereof.

The concrete body 1, adjacent to the ends I O KRY-NOOK' thereof, is provided with a transverse recess 3 for a rail chair 4. The chair 4 is cut away base flanges 6 of Witnesses:

MAX H. Snonovrrz, Cnms'rmA T. Hoon. 

